List of New Zealand Davis Cup team representatives

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This is a list of tennis players who have represented the New Zealand Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. New Zealand have taken part in the competition since 1924. Before that, New Zealander was represented by the Australasia Davis Cup team. [1] Only one New Zealander competed for Australasia (Tony Wilding), though another Australasian representative, Australia's Alfred Dunlop, was New Zealand-born.

Players

Player W-L
(Total)		W-L
(Singles)		W-L
(Doubles)		 Ties Debut
Eskell Andrews 3–52–41–141928
John Barry 1–41–40–031947
Robert Cheyne 1–11–10–022003
Austen Childs 1–01–00–012010
Scott Clark 0–10–10–011995
Dennis Coombe 1–10–11–021937
Ian Crookenden 4–93–61–351962
Marcus Daniell 2–31–01–342010
Bruce Derlin 7–86–71–171982
Alistair Dewar-Brown 0–20–20–011939
Steven Downs 3–43–30–131995
Kelly Evernden 27–2717–1710–10201985
Brian Fairlie 20–2813–167–12191966
Frank Fisher 0–20–10–111924
Lew Gerrard 16–1710–116–6131957
James Greenhalgh 13–92–711–2151994
Steve Guy 5–53–42–171985
Richard Hawkes 0–10–00–111968
Alistair Hunt 19–1811–128–6181995
G. D. Jones 10–37–13–282005
Daniel King-Turner 19–1312–67–7152005
David Lewis 4–41–03–471985
Chris Lewis 24–1818–116–7171977
Cam Malfroy 5–72–53–251934
Ron McKenzie 2–31–21–121947
David Mustard 2–01–01–011985
Mark Nielsen 25–1820–135–5201997
Mark Otway 14–69–45–271954
Corbett Parker 2–11–11–021957
Onny Parun 30–3223–207–12251967
John Peacock 0–30–20–111924
Matt Prentice 1–30–21–132004
Lee Radovanovich 0–10–00–112004
Simon Rea 3–62–41–242004
Jeff Robson 6–72–54–261947
James Shortall 1–41–30–142000
Russell Simpson 22–1816–96–9191975
Jeff Simpson 4–92–72–251971
Matt Simpson 0–10–10–012007
Artem Sitak 4–13–11–032011
John Souter 1–21–10–111962
Jose Statham 18–517–51–0172005
Mikal Statham 1–21–10–122009
Alan Stedman 4–32–22–141934
Brett Steven 28–2118–1510–6201990
Teo Susnjak 0–20–20–011998
Adam Thompson 3–23–20–042005
Michael Venus 3–73–30–452010
William Ward 0–10–10–012004
Tony Wilding
(representing Australasia)		21–915–66–3111905
Daniel Willman 0–20–10–122002
Glenn Wilson 1–01–00–011997
Kevin Woolcott 0–10–00–111967
Brian Woolf 1–01–00–011959
Russell Young 2–11–11–011928

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